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Hillary no doubt assumed that large parts of the population didn’t like her because she “was a woman.” She definitely has clung to this since the election. (Perhaps she must for personal reasons.) The deplorables were just retrograde neanderthals...
Castro keeping shape. So what do you know? A prominent “mainstream” journalist was having a fling with Castro. What a shock. It’s an interesting story though. (From Politico) Howard beseeched Castro to find his “way back”—to become the transformational...
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(From The Guardian) The death toll from anti-government protests in Nicaragua has risen to 25 and includes a journalist, amid accusations the national police are using live rounds to kill protesters. According to human rights groups, 25 people have died,...
(From The Guardian) Mitt Romney has been forced into a Republican primary for a US Senate seat in Utah as he looks to restart his political career by replacing the long-serving Senator Orrin Hatch. Romney, the Republican’s presidential candidate in...
(From BBC News) A suicide attack at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 31 people, officials say. More than 50 others were injured in the blast which hit a crowd waiting at the...
(From Reuters) Air strikes pounded an insurgent-held area near Damascus on Sunday, footage broadcast by state TV stations showed, as the Syrian government stepped up efforts to wipe out the insurgency’s last foothold near the capital. Thick clouds of smoke...
(From AP News) Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt met in his office last year with a veteran Washington lobbyist tied to the bargain-priced condo where Pruitt was living. Both Pruitt and lobbyist Steven Hart had previously denied Hart had...
(From Reuters) Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan rejected on Sunday opposition demands to step down, as protests against the former president’s appointment as premier extended to a 10th day. Protesters accuse Sarksyan of clinging to power after he was appointed...
(From UPI) Scientists have adapted an optics technique used by astronomers to render biological processes at both the cellular and sub-cellular level in unprecedented detail. Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School worked...
(From BBC News) Verne Troyer, who is best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films, has died at the age of 49. Troyer, who was 2ft 8in (81cm) tall, also played Griphook in the first Harry Potter film....
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Again, we are cautiously optimistic. But optimistic. (From The BBC) These concessions from North Korea have come before the two anticipated summits with the US and South Korea. One may wonder why Mr Kim should give up so much in...
What it fundamentally comes down to is that busybodies feel like they have to control the words and even thoughts of people they can’t stand. “I mean..Like… I just can’t even. I just can’t even…” (Be sure to add...
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This is a good thing for the world. A cooling of a flashpoint. And one has to give credit to the current White House for things getting this far. Pressure from past US administrations didn’t yield even these modest...
